1917 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Lieutenant's Service Dress Cap
Entry/Object ID
2019.3.50
Description
1917 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Lieutenant's service dress cap. Tight weave khaki green barathea wool crown, body, cap band, peak. Soft crown, no wire or cane stiffener. Two ventilation grommet holes each side. Two 1.3 cm. diameter "lobed pattern" brown leather buttons hold an adjustable, buckled, light brown leather chinstrap 1 x 30 cms. Pinned to front is brass 5th CMR cap badge (maple leaf, crown atop "5" and scrolled title "Overseas Mounted Canada", also a beaver, 4 x 4.4 cms. Stiffened peak. Interior of woven hemp covered with light green cotton twill. 4.2 cm. high red-brown leather sweatband
Made/Created
Date made
1914 - 1918
Notes
Date: 1917
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
sweatband stamped: "Henry Heath Ltd 105/107/100 Oxford St. London" also 7.7 x 9.7 cm. tan yellow silk maker's tag stitched to interior crown: "By Warrant to His Majesty the King Established in the Reign of King George IV Henry Heath Limited 1822. 62 Piccadilly W."
